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March 12, 2020
Shorties (Recommended Books About Pandemics, New Music from Noveller, and more)
Electric Literature recommended books about pandemics.
Stream a new song by Noveller.
The Current shared a recent Wolf Parade live performance,
Alexandra Styron considered the charges of cultural appropriation in her father's (William Styron's) novels at the Atlantic.
All Things Considered interviewed Stephen Malkmus.
James McBride discussed his novel Deacon King Kong with Fresh Air.
Stream a new Wire song.
Indie booksellers recommended books to read over spring break at BuzzFeed.
Stream a new Sufjan Stevens song.
CarolineLeavittville interviewed author Sue Williams Silverman.
Far Out shared the story behind Kate Bush's song "Wuthering Heights."
Kevin Nguyen talked to All Things Considered about his novel New Wave.
I'd always wanted to write a novel about grief and how funny it is. You know, a lot of books about grief obviously are very bleak, and then they're hard to read. And they're kind of a bummer, which is certainly part of the experience — but there's something about grief that is actually very funny and makes people do funny, selfish things.
Stream a new song by Fenne Lille.
Bustle recommended novels about viral outbreaks.
O: The Oprah Magazine recommended March's best books.
Stream a new Painted Zeros song.
Electric Literature recommended contemporary novels by Japanese women authors.
Stream a new Protomartyr song.
TIME interviewed author Louise Erdreich.
Stream a new Flume song.
NPR Books shared an excerpt from N.K. Jemisin's novel The City We Became.
Snail Mail covered Little Joy's "Evaporar."
Refinery29 recommended books that celebrate complicated women.
Aquarium Drunkard interviewed composer and musician Rachel Grimes.
also at Largehearted Boy:
previous Shorties posts (daily news and links from the worlds of music, books, and pop culture)
Atomic Books Comics Preview (the week's best new comics and graphic novels)
Book Notes (authors create playlists for their book)
Flash Dancers (authors pair original flash fiction with a song
Librairie Drawn & Quarterly Books of the Week (recommended new books, magazines, and comics)
musician/author interviews
Note Books (musicians discuss literature)
Short Cuts (writers pair a song with their short story or essay)
weekly music release lists
